Armies of the world 2024, December
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About Oceania little is spoken and written in the Russian media. Therefore, the average Russian has practically no idea of either history, or the current political situation in the countries of Oceania, or even more so about the military component in the life of the region. In this article, we
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Recently, an extremely interesting article appeared on VO - "Dear Khrushchev or how dangerous American aircraft carriers will be for Russia." The conclusions were that, taking into account modern detection systems and in the presence of the latest cruise missiles, the Russian Federation has the ability to reliably protect its shores from
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After the defeat in World War II, Japan was banned from the creation of the armed forces. In 1947, the Constitution of Japan was adopted, which legally enshrined Japan's refusal to participate in military conflicts. In particular, in Chapter II, which is called "Refusal of War", it says: Sincerely striving for
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According to the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), India's defense spending in 2015 amounted to $ 55.5 billion. According to this indicator, India is in sixth place, slightly behind the UK. While India's military budget is $ 15 billion less than Russia, this
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On July 26, Voennoye Obozreniye published the publication Military Objects of the Republic of Korea on Google Earth Satellite Images, which provided a brief overview of the military potential of the Republic of Korea and provided satellite photographs of South Korean military installations provided by Google earth. Pictures
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The Republic of Korea (South Korea), according to the Stockholm Peace Research Institute (SIPRI), is among the top ten countries in defense spending. The South Korean military budget in 2015 was $ 36.4 billion, for comparison, Russian defense spending over the same period is estimated at
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In addition to the deep modernization of existing anti-aircraft systems in the first half of the 80s, the NATO countries adopted newly developed air defense systems, created on the basis of modern achievements in the field of radar, information technology and rocketry. New anti-aircraft systems
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After the start of the Cold War and the formation of the North Atlantic Alliance, the countries that make up it were faced with the question of ensuring the air defense of facilities and military contingents located in Western Europe. In the mid-50s, the territory of the Federal Republic of Germany, Belgium, Denmark, the Netherlands and
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On June 11, 2016, London hosted a traditional military parade in honor of the birthday of Queen Elizabeth II of Great Britain, in which more than 1,600 Royal Guards and Horse Guards took part. A flotilla of ships sailed along the Thames, and planes flew over Buckingham Palace
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The combat experience gained in recent decades clearly demonstrates that air supremacy is the key to victory. Aviation has become a means capable of turning the tide of a war even in the event of multiple enemy superiority in tanks, artillery and manpower. However, modern
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Before the start of the civil war in the Syrian Arab Republic (SAR), this country had a fairly strong air defense system, built according to Soviet patterns. It relied on a network of surveillance radar stations (radars) with a continuous radar field over the entire territory
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As already mentioned, the United States views the Japanese Islands as its unsinkable aircraft carrier and a foothold in the Far East. American military bases in the "Land of the Rising Sun" are of particular value due to their proximity to the Far Eastern borders of Russia and China
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The United States has a very close patronage of the Middle East region. The area is home to a number of military bases and defense facilities with large military contingents. The UAE, 32 kilometers south of Abu Dhabi, is home to the large Al Dhafra Air Base
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A very significant number of US military installations are located in the Asia-Pacific region. This primarily applies to South Korea and Japan, where large American military contingents are deployed. But other countries are not deprived of attention either. So, about halfway between Australia
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On February 6, 2016, a controversial publication was published on "Military Review": "Another successful test of the advanced GBI anti-missile" (more details here: Another successful test of the advanced GBI anti-missile). In this article, in addition to interesting technical details, there is also
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Tests of the naval component of the American missile defense system are being carried out at the Barking Sands Pacific Missile Range of the US Navy. It was founded in 1966 after the transfer of the Air Force base located here to the Navy. The main onshore infrastructure of the landfill is concentrated on the west coast of Kauai. On
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During World War II, great attention was paid to the technical improvement of the air defense system in Great Britain. In particular, for anti-aircraft guns with a caliber of 94 mm and above, it was possible to create devices for an automated installation of a remote fuse and synchronous guidance of anti-aircraft guns
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In the early 60s, the British company Shorts Missile Systems began developing a portable anti-aircraft missile system designed to protect small units from attacks by combat aircraft operating at low altitudes. Once again, the specialists of the company located in the Irish city
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The task of countering foreign warships and landings in the coastal waters of the PRC and on the islands is entrusted to the Coastal Defense Forces of the PLA Navy and numerous missile boats. Each command of the fleet (Northern, Eastern and Southern) is operatively subordinate to the corresponding areas of the coastal
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In 2014, there were more than 10 major armed conflicts in the world. Some of them can be seen on Google Earth images. Perhaps the most interesting for us are the pictures, which can be used to judge the scope of hostilities in the south-east of Ukraine. As you know, most of the population
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Despite the recent strained relationship with the United States, the Americans still have a lot to learn. For example, patriotism and how to preserve material evidence of one's own and someone else's history. This publication will focus on aviation, and this time we will not dwell on samples
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In 1952, France adopted a plan for the development of nuclear energy, which made it possible to create the necessary scientific and technological base. This plan was of an emphatically peaceful nature. After the end of World War II, the French government had no intention of creating its own nuclear
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After the collapse of the Soviet Union, a powerful grouping of air force and air defense forces remained in Ukraine. By the time of the official creation of the Ukrainian Air Force in 1992, there were 4 air armies and one air defense army, 10 air divisions, 49 air regiments, 11 separate squadrons on its territory. A total of about 600 military
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It is one year since March 5 in Caracas at the age of 58, the President of Venezuela, the head of the United Socialist Party of Venezuela, Hugo Rafaeel Chávez Friias, died. A real son of his homeland, carrying Indian and Creole blood, he was born into a family with long revolutionary traditions. Ancestor
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Traditionally, the PRC authorities very harshly censor information regarding their armed forces. Unauthorized leaks in this area are suppressed by the most stringent methods. For example, a few years ago, a Chinese blogger was convicted for posting a photo of the new Chinese J-10 fighter on the Internet
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Our country has always been the focus of Western intelligence services. In addition to undercover intelligence, much attention was paid to the collection of information using technical means.In addition to electronic scanning, from the end of the 40s, mass flights began over the territory of the USSR
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About ten years ago, the Google search engine launched a unique project called Google Earth. Many parts of the earth's surface were available for viewing in high resolution using images taken from space. With the advent of information technology, we got at our disposal
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The North American Air Defense Command (NORAD), which was created in 1957 as a result of bilateral agreements signed
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In the past, the PRC leadership focused on ballistic missiles in the implementation of nuclear deterrence plans. In addition to strategic and tactical missile systems, the PLA Air Force has about a hundred Xian H-6 bombers - carriers of free-fall nuclear bombs. This is enough
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Today, the PRC has the largest armed forces in the world. The most numerous ground forces on the planet, the Air Force and the Navy are receiving an ever-increasing stream of new models of equipment and weapons. The Chinese leadership does not hide that the result of the long-term reform of the PLA, which began in
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After the defeat of Spain in the American-Spanish War of 1898, Cuba came under US influence. In fact, the Spanish colonialists were replaced by the Americans. American soldiers after the Spanish surrendered Santiago de Cuba, 1898 In 1903, an agreement was signed between the United States and the then Cuban authorities on the lease
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The North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) is a military-political bloc that unites most of the countries of Europe, the United States and Canada. It was founded on April 4, 1949 in order to "protect Europe from Soviet aggression." Since the beginning of the cold war
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The armed forces of the other countries of the founders of the NATO "defensive bloc" - Belgium, Denmark, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and Norway, cannot be compared with the Turkish army. The total number of personnel of the armed forces of Belgium: 30 thousand people. In service with the ground forces: 106 tanks
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The Kingdom of Saudi Arabia possesses colossal reserves of hydrocarbons and is consistently among the exporting countries that determine world oil prices. Proven oil reserves amount to 260 billion barrels (24% of the world's proven oil reserves). Oil exports are the source
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“I don’t think that in the entire history of mankind there has been a military force as capable, smart, strong, with such good leadership and resources as the US army today,” said US State Department spokesman John Kirby in response to a recent statement by the Russian president. Considering so many
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The Swedes invented matches, dynamite, a ship's propeller, a primus stove, an adjustable wrench, a method of ultrasound echography and a pacemaker that saved millions of lives. Every day we use the Anders Celsius temperature scale, Tetrapack milk cartons and a Volvo seat belt
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Comments to articles on the procurement of military equipment usually contain references to “cutting funds.” But, you must admit, it is difficult to “saw” millions if in three years it is already necessary to hand over a finished destroyer. As a result, last year, the US Navy received the following list of naval samples
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Better a brave enemy than a prostitute friend (Turkish proverb) The most numerous and aggressive air force in the region. Downed Russian bomber and 1,306 violations of Greek airspace in eight months of this year. The eternal confrontation between Turks and Greeks does not negate the fact of membership
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“We should help Argentina get the Falklands back.” - From comments on the Internet. Taking the disputed islands away from Britain will not be easy. To do this, you first have to deal with the British fleet, which in quantitative (and, more dangerous, in qualitative) aspects surpasses the navies of most countries
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Die beste Beleuchtung des vorstehenden Weges sind manchmal die Brücken, die hinter dich glühen. (The best illumination of the road ahead is the flaming bridges behind.) Germany has twice lost its magnificent fleet, and, each time, rebuilt it again in record time. The fact is fast